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GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

AD104 (GN21-X9) Released: January 3, 2023
Memory
12
GB GDDR6
Boost Clock
2280
MHz
TGP
60-175
W

Technical Highlights

Architecture : Ada Lovelace
Generation : GeForce 40 Mobile
Shading Units : 7424
RT Cores : 58

About this GPU Card

GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop is a laptop GPU from NVIDIA released on January 3, 2023 based on the Ada Lovelace architecture with 12 GB GDDR6 memory on a PCIe 4.0 x16 bus interface. It runs at 1860 MHz base clock, reaches up to 2280 MHz boost clock, and has a 60-175 W power rating. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

Overall Score Of GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

This summarizes how GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop scores across key areas like gaming, rendering, AI, and Energy Efficiency.

78
Overall
Gaming Performance
67
AI & Machine Learning
62
Hardware Architecture
80
Workstation
68
Energy Efficiency
100

General Info of GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

Vendor

NVIDIA

Release Date

January 3, 2023

Foundry

TSMC

Architecture

Ada Lovelace

Process Size

Excellent

5 nm

80% of the current best Process Size score

Transistors

35.8 billion

Graphics Processor of GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

Base Clock

Good

1860 MHz

70% of the current best Base Clock score

Boost Clock

Good

2280 MHz

73% of the current best Boost Clock score

Shading Units

7424

34% of the current best Shading Units score

Compute Units

58

34% of the current best Compute Units score

Ray Tracing Cores (RTCs)

58

34% of the current best Ray Tracing Cores (RTCs) score

Tensor Cores

232

34% of the current best Tensor Cores score

Textured Mapping Units (TMUs)

232

34% of the current best Textured Mapping Units (TMUs) score

Render Output Units (ROPs)

80

31% of the current best Render Output Units (ROPs) score

Die Size

294 mm²

Density

121.8 MTr/mm²

L1 Cache

128 KB per cluster

50% of the current best L1 Cache score

L2 Cache

Good

48 MB

50% of the current best L2 Cache score

Raw Performance of GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

Pixel Fill Rate

133.2 GPixel/s

28% of the current best Pixel Fill Rate score

Texture Fill Rate

386.3 GTexel/s

24% of the current best Texture Fill Rate score

FP32 Performance

24.72 TFLOPs

24% of the current best FP32 Performance score

Memory of GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

Memory Size

Excellent

12 GB

38% of the current best Memory Size score

Memory Type

Good

GDDR6

70% of the current best Memory Type score

Bus Width

192-bit

Memory Clock

Excellent

2250 MHz

86% of the current best Memory Clock score

Effective Speed

Good

18000 Mbps

60% of the current best Effective Speed score

Bandwidth

432 GB/s

24% of the current best Bandwidth score

Board Design of GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

Bus Interface

Excellent

PCIe 4.0 x16

80% of the current best Bus Interface score

PCIe Version

Excellent

4.0

80% of the current best PCIe Version score

PCIe Lanes

16

TGP

60-175 W

APIs of GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

DirectX

Top tier

12 Ultimate (12_2)

100% of the current best DirectX score

OpenGL

Top tier

4.6

100% of the current best OpenGL score

OpenCL

Top tier

3.0

100% of the current best OpenCL score

Vulkan

Top tier

1.4

100% of the current best Vulkan score

DisplayPort

Excellent

1.4a

80% of the current best DisplayPort score

CUDA

8.9

Ray Tracing

1

DLSS

DLSS 3

Benchmarks of GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

3D Mark

A standardized suite that approximates real-world gaming workloads to compare graphics performance.

Steel Nomad Lite:
19250
36% of max score
Time Spy:
18839 (24th)
40% of max score
Solar Bay:
85068
36% of max score
Port Royal:
11833
31% of max score
Fire Strike:
41183
47% of max score
Wild Life Extreme:
37056
34% of max score
Night Raid:
147263
71% of max score
Good

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU compute benchmark focused on workloads like image processing and parallel compute tasks.

Compute Score:
170767 (20th)
41% of max score
Background Blur:
328.9 img/sec
77% of max score
Excellent
Face Detection:
192.3 img/sec
64% of max score
Good
Horizon Detection:
6.51 Gpixels/sec
30% of max score
Edge Detection:
9.11 Gpixels/sec
27% of max score
Gaussian Blur:
10.1 Gpixels/sec
29% of max score
Feature Matching:
1.56 Gpixels/sec
62% of max score
Good
Stereo Matching:
660.7 Gpixels/sec
23% of max score
Particle Physics:
20765.5 FPS
35% of max score

Passmark Graphics

A multi-test benchmark that evaluates raster, memory bandwidth, and compute performance.

G3D Mark Score:
24711 (25th)
64% of max score
Good
G2D Mark Score:
922
65% of max score
Good
DirectX 12:
96
54% of max score
GPU Compute:
11008 Ops/s
42% of max score

Blender

Rendering performance benchmark using Blender Cycles throughput as a practical content-creation metric.

Render Score:
38% of max score

GeekBench 6 ML

AI benchmark measuring common ML workloads like classification, detection, and super resolution.

ML Single Precision:
26637 (23rd)
49% of max score
ML Half Precision:
39211
48% of max score
ML Quantized:
19995
51% of max score
Image Classification:
10385
55% of max score
Object Detection:
13308
48% of max score
Image Segmentation:
25896
47% of max score
Face Detection:
51976
45% of max score
Image Super Resolution:
27816
50% of max score
Style Transfer:
262792
38% of max score
Text Classification:
3405
65% of max score
Good
Machine Translation:
4860
56% of max score
Depth Estimation:
49203
57% of max score
Pose Estimation:
142459
41% of max score

FurMark

Stress test designed to push sustained load for thermal stability and cooling behavior.

1080p Vulkan:
14052
41% of max score
1440p Vulkan:
10512
41% of max score
2160p Vulkan:
4798
33% of max score
1080p OpenGL:
13206
45% of max score
1440p OpenGL:
9737
42% of max score
2160p OpenGL:
5208
34% of max score

Performance Charts Of GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

These charts give a quick view of FPS scaling across resolutions and how this GPU compares against market top benchmark values.

Gaming FPS Analysis

Ultra settings performance of GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
1080p Ultra
1440p Ultra
4K Ultra

Performance Benchmarks

Grey is the market top value. Colored bar is GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop.
Market Top
GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

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Frequently Asked Questions about GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

The GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop was officially released in January 3, 2023. It was launched as a graphics solution by NVIDIA.

The GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop scores 18,839 on 3DMark Time Spy, indicating its solid capabilities in modern gaming scenarios. This benchmark is the industry standard for measuring DirectX 12 gaming performance.

The GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop is equipped with 12 GB of VRAM, which is currently the sweet spot for smooth 1440p gaming and modern texture quality.

The GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop has a Total Graphics Power (TGP) of 60-175 W. This value dictates your power supply (PSU) requirements, so ensure your system can handle this draw effectively.

The GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop operates at a base clock speed of 1860 MHz. This is the minimum clock frequency the graphics card runs at under standard workloads before boosting.

The GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop features a boost clock speed of 2280 MHz. This clock speed represents the maximum frequency the graphics card can dynamically reach during intense gaming or rendering workloads.

The GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture. This foundational design determines the GPU's power efficiency and support for modern features like hardware Ray Tracing and AI upscaling (DLSS/FSR).

With a performance score of 78%, the GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop is ranked as a high-performance graphics card in our extensive GPU database.

The GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop uses the PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, ensuring high-speed data transfer and minimal bottlenecking between the graphics card and the motherboard.

The GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop features 7,424 shading units (cores), which are directly responsible for rendering complex visual effects and lighting in modern games.

The GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop contains approximately 35.8 billion transistors, packed into its silicon to deliver massive parallel processing capabilities.

The GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop is manufactured on a 5 nm node. A smaller process node generally translates to better energy efficiency and improved thermal management.